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A Dictionary of Edwardian biography. South Wales and Monmouthshire. Edinburgh : Peter Bell, 1986. Facsim. of the biographical part of South Wales and Monmouthshire at the opening of the twentieth century : contemporary biographies / edited by W.T. Pike. Brighton, W.T. Pike, 1907.

Barker, R. M. 'Famous electrical engineers in South Wales'.Papers presented at the ... IEE Weekend Meeting on the History of Electrical Engineering, 5 (1977)

Barnes, David. Black Mountains, 2002 --- recollections of a South Wales miner. Based on talks with his grandfather who was born in Monmouth came to South Wales as a lad of 16 and worked in the Universal pit Senghenydd in 1913, and was one of the lucky ones.

Barrie, D S. The Taff Vale Railway, 1950

Barrie, D S M. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Vol 12, SOUTH WALES

Bartrum, P. C. 'Some studies in early Welsh history'. Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (1949 for 1948)

Colyer, Richard. The Welsh Cattle Drovers(1976). Here is a contents listing/introduction and an index by Catherine Davies-Shiel. Reissued in 2002 by Landmark Publishing Co, with revision of some chapters, now p192.

Contemporary portraits : men and women of South Wales and Monmouthshire.Cardiff : Western Mail, 1897.

Coombes, B. L. These poor hands. Pub.Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1939. Descriptive of coal mining in South Wales in the 1920/30s. Also published in paper back by the University of Wales Press, 2002.

Corbett, J.S. Glamorgan. 1925

Cordell, Alexander. This Proud and Savage Land (prelude to the 'Rape of the Fair Country' trilogy) and several other books, not all necessarily Gla related;- Rape of the Fair Country;Song of the Earth;Land of my Fathers;The Fire People; This Sweet and Bitter Earth.

Emery, F V. West Glamorgan Farming, circa 1580-1620. National Library of Wales journal. 1956, Winter. Volume IX/4 & 1957, Summer. Volume X/I. The two parts of the article embrace the lands of Gower, one of the medieval Marcher Lordships in South Wales, extending from the foothills of the Black Mountains in the north for thirty miles down to the Bristol Channel on its south coast.

Gatehouse, Don and Geoff Dowling. British Railways - Past and Present: South Wales. Past and Present Publishing, 1995 . Part 1: Gwent and Routes to Dowlais and Merthyr. Part 2: Mid and South Glamorgan.

General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales, Vol. II, 1815

Hadfield, Charles. The Canals of South Wales and the Border, Cardiff U.P. 1960

Hale, Michael. Steam in South Wales. Oxford Publishing or The Welsh Railways Research Council, Various dates.

Volume 1: The Valleys
Volume 2: North and West of Swansea
Volume 3: Main Line and the Docks
Volume 5: East and Mid Glamorgan
Volume 6: The General Scene

Halfacree, Keith. Population migration within, into and out of Wales in the late twentieth century. 1, ; A general overview of the literature . Swansea : Department of Geography, University College of Swansea, 1992.

Jenkins, Rhys. Links in the history of engineering and technology from Tudor times. The collected papers of Rhys Jenkins, comprising articles in the professional and technical press, mainly prior to 1920 and a catalogue of other published work. Cambridge, 1936.

John, A H & Glanmor Williams (eds). Industrial Glamorgan from 1700 - 1970. "It is quite conceivably the best economic history of any Welsh county yet produced with a collection of thirty-four quite superb historical prints and photographs, along with eight very detailed maps... " (The Local Historian)

Jones, E D. The Journal of William Roberts ['Nefydd'] 1853-62. National Library of Wales journal, Winter 1953, Volume VIII/2 et al. A series of three articles- it includes extensive general commentary on elementary education covering the whole of Wales, and with journal entries which cover his visits to places in south, south-east and west Wales.

Jones, Jack. The Trilogy of Jack Jones' life - Unfinished Journey/Me and Mine/Give me back my Heart.
Lloyd George said of him in his life he has been - Miner, Forester, Navvy, Soldier, Communist agitator, Political propagandist, Book salesman, Cinema manager, Trade Union official, Lecturer, Freelance journalist, Playwright and Author. Glyn Jones in his book "The Dragon has two tongues" says old David missed a few - Film actor, Lamp salesman, Script writer, Broadcaster, and Television personallity.

Knight, Henry Hey. The names of all the freeholders within every parish of the ten hundreds of the county of Glamorgan in the year that Watkin Lougher was high sheriff - 1634 : communicated to the Neath Institution, November 16, 1849, H. Gwyn, Esq., M.P. in the chair. Neath : Printed by T. Maber, 1849.

Leng, Philip et al. The Welsh Dockers Ormskirk, 1981. A short history of the dockers from Cardiff, Swansea, Port Talbot and a bit on Newport. Strikes, Riots, working conditions etc., some great pictures.

Morgan, Prys (ed). Glamorgan Society, 1780-1980. UWP 1988 "This, the sixth and final volume of the Glamorgan County History Series, deals with the political, social and cultural life of the county from the beginnings of industrialization to the present day...."

Moses, Frederick. A treatise on the coal field of South Wales, explanatory of a new theory of the position of the measures therein : with a demonstration of the subsidences intervening Llynvi and Penllergaer &c., &c., &c. Swansea : London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., Ivey and Pearse ; 1849. 2nd ed.

Orrin, Geoffrey R. Church Building and Restoration in Victorian Glamorgan 1837-1901. University of Wales Press, 2004. Covers all Anglican Churches built, re-built or significantly re-modelled during Victorian times in Glamorgan.

Price, Cecil. Portable Theatres in Wales, 1843-1914 . National Library of Wales journal, Summer 1955, Volume IX/1. Selected extracts from this article intended to bring out the flavour of a theatrical life that the participants regarded as the then modern successor of the "old strolling tradition". Mostly Glamorgan coverage.

Roberts, Edward. The vitality of the Welsh language : a paper read under the auspices of The Cambrian Society of South Wales and Monmouthshire at the Town Hall, Cardiff, February 2nd, 1886. Cardiff : printed by William Jones, 1886.

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Glamorgan. Volume III-Part 1b. Medieval secular monuments : the later castles from 1217 to the present. Aberystwyth: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 2000. Also, Part 1a, The Early Castles, from the Norman Conquest to 1217 HMSO 1991

Savory, H N (ed). Early Glamorgan. "..... nine chapters spanning the Palaeolithic to the coming of the Normans...It will long remain a useful and readable account of the pre-history and early history of Glamorgan for specialist and layman alike. (Welsh History Review)

Scourfield, Elfyn. Rural society in the Vale of Glamorgan. Glamorgan county history, (1988)

The Wesleyan Methodist Historic Roll. Comprises 50 volumes or over 17,500 pages containing the names of over one million people who contributed one guinea to the Twentieth Century Fund, also known as the Million Guinea Fund. The fund was launched in 1898 and by the time it closed in 1904 had raised £1,073,682. Many of the pages of the Historic Roll contain the signatures and addresses of the donors, as well as donations given "in memoriam".The names of many Sunday School scholars who donated one shilling each to the fund may also be found in the Historic Roll. When the fund closed in 1904 all the pages were returned to London and bound into these 50 Volumes.
Facsimiles of Volumes 17-19 are held by the Glamorgan FHS and may contain further information. These volumes cover the South Wales circuits from Gwent in the east across to Dyfed in the west and includes in excess of 15,000 names.

The Railways of South East Wales. British Rail [and] University College Cardiff, 1985.

Thomas, Beth. Accounting for language shift in a south Wales mining community. Cardiff Working Papers in Welsh Linguistics 5 (1987)

Thomas, D A. Some Notes on the Present State of the Coal Trade in the UK with special reference to that of South Wales and Monmouthshire. 1896

Thomas, D Lleufer. Labour unions in South Wales : their early struggle for existence; a paper contributed to the souvenir of the Trade Union Congress held at Swansea, September, 1901 Swansea : Watkins' Printing and Stationery Co., 1901.

Williams, William M.A., M.D. D.P.H. (Oxon) County Medical Officer. Cardiff 1895. A Sanitary Survey of Glamorganshire. Descriptions of all the districts of Glamorgan at the end of the 19th century under such headings as water supply, house accommodation, excrement and refuse disposal, common lodging houses, etc.

Yates, George. George Yates's map of Glamorgan (1799) : a facsimile edition; with an introduction by Gwyn Walters and Brian James (South Wales Record Society, 2). Barry Island: South Wales Record Society and Glamorgan Archive Service, 1984.

Evans, Betty. The development of local government in Aberdare from 1800 to 1894. Old Aberdare. Vol. 7 (1993)

Evans, David. Labour strife in the South Wales coalfield, 1910-1911 : A historical and critical record of the mid-Rhondda, Aberdare Valley and other strikes. Cardiff : Educational Publishing Co., 1911.

Evans, Geoffrey. The amusement of the people : popular entertainment in Aberdare before moving pictures.Old Aberdare. Vol. 7 (1993)

Evans, Geoffrey. St John's Church, Aberdare : an account of the ancient Chapelry of St John Baptist and Parish Church of Aberdare and its memorials. Aberdare : Friends of St John, c1982.

Evans. G O. The high constables of Miskin, 1542-1969 : an historical and social study. Old Aberdare 4 (1985)

Jones, Alan Vernon. Chapels of the Cynon Valley (Capeli Cwm Cynon). Cynon Valley Historical Society, 2004. Lists all the chapels in the Cynon Valley. It has some superb photographs & drawings as well as information relating to each chapel.

Selwood, Nansi. A History of the Villages of Hirwaun and Rhigos. Penderyn : Nansi Selwood, 1997. p166 .Very interesting history from the Iron Age to the 1990s, including the beginning of coal mining in the area, the farms etc. Contains 166 photos and illustrations and a number of short biographies of people from the area.(Purchased from Aberdare Library)

Tower Colliery in Hirwaun, South Wales : a report on the record breaking production and productivity performance of the colliery and its vital place in the local economy and community of the Cynon Valley. Aberdare : Cynon Valley Borough Council, 1992.

Birch, Walter de Gray. A history of Neath Abbey: derived from original documents preserved in the British Museum, H.M. Public Record Office, and at Neath, Margam, etc; with some account of the castle and town of Neath, notices of the other monasteries of Glamorganshire [etc.]. Neath : Richards, 1902.

The hand-book of the Vale of Neath, its railway and waterfalls : being a guide to the picturesque beauties of the district. Neath : T. Thomas, 1852.

The story of Ebenezer Evangelical Church, Neath Abbey.Evangelical Magazine of Wales 32/1 (1993)

Tucker, Keith. Cadoxton National Schools (1845-1995),1996.

Tucker, Keith. A History of St. Catwg`s Church, 1990

Tucker, Keith. Chronicle of Cadoxton - A treatise on the Local History and layout of the village of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath with information relating to Cilffriw, Aberdulais and Ynysygerwn. Neath : Historic Projects, 1994.

A complete directory and guide to the town and castle of Cardiff, the surrounding towns, villages, gentlemen's seats and remarkable places. [Cardiff] : Printed for and sold by J. Bird, Cardiff, [1796].

A History of Methodism in the Cardiff Docksarea. Published by the Loudon Square Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

Brady, Sara. ' Public Service and Private Ambitions : Nursing at the King Edward VII Hospital, Cardiff during the First World War'. In Borsay, Anne (ed.), Medicine in Wales c. 1800-2000 : public service or private commodity? (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003).

Briggs, John. Before the Deluge, 2002, an American photographer - lots of pictures of Cardiff's docklands in the 1970s. Mostly just before Bute Town (Tiger Bay) was finally demolished

British Association for the Advancement of Science. Cardiff Local Executive Committee. The Cardiff region : a survey prepared for the meeting of the British Association held in Cardiff, 31 August to 7 September 1960. Cardiff, 1960.

Cardiff Naturalists' Society, Reports and transactions was published annually, containing scholarly articles on geology, archaeology and natural history, with book reviews and society notes. It was published between 1870 and 1986. On Welsh Journals Online

Celebration! : the first 200 years : the continuing history of Bethany Baptist Church, Cardiff 1806-2006,to mark the 200th anniversary of the church on September 7, 2006. Cardiff: Bethany Baptist Church, 2006.

Growth of Cardiff from 1875 to 1880: with some particulars of Cardiff in the last century : reprinted from the 'South Wales Daily News' and 'Cardiff Times'. Cardiff : Printed by D. Duncan and Sons, 1880.

Hickey, John. Urban Catholics : urban Catholicism in England and Wales from 1829 to the present day (Publications of the Faculty of Econ., Soc. and Pol. Sciences of the Catholic Univ. of Louvain, 14). London and Dublin, 1967.

Hughes, Elizabeth Phillips. The education of Welsh women : being chiefly the substance of a speech delivered at Cardiff, January 1887, on the occasion of the first public meeting of the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales. London : W. Speaight & Sons, 1887.

Humphreys, I M. The development of Cardiff Wales Airport, 1930-1992. Cardiff : Department of Maritime Studies and International Transport, University of Wales College of Cardiff, 1994.

Jenkins, William Lemuel. A history of the town and castle of Cardiff : and a descriptive account of the churches, chapels, public buildings and institutions, Bute docks, Glamorganshire Canal, Taff Vale railway, etc. etc., with numerous statistics connected with the town and its trade. Cardiff : Charles Wakeford, 1854.

O'Neill, Assumpta. 'The wreck of the Moresby'. Decies: Journal of the Waterford Archaeological & Historical Society, 42 (1989) - The loss of a ship on passage from Cardiff to South America in Dungarvan Bay 24 Dec.1895

O'Neill, Dan. Tiger Bay and the Docks -- the story of a remarkable corner of Cardiff and the characters that lived there.

Stuckey, Peter. Sailing pilots of the Bristol Channel -- quite a bit about Cardiff, Swansea and Barry pilots in it

Sullivan, Jack. Cardiff Docks : past, present and future. 1995.

Summers, Veronica. 'Criminals or scapegoats? : the Irish and crime in nineteenth-century Cardiff'. Llafur, 8:2 (2001), 63-73. Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History.

Tellefsen, Holst. South Wales coal, iron and freight statistics for 1874 : shewing the coal exported from Cardiff, the current prices and the average freights, also giving many interesting statistics and much general information respecting the coal trade generally. Cardiff : Tellefsen, Holst & Wills, 1874.

Thompson, H M. Cardiff: from the coming of the Romans ... in the 19th century when Cardiff ceased to be a small country town. 1930

Thompson, James Pyke. Sunday emancipation : a paper read before the Cardiff Society for the Impartial Discussion of Political and Other Questions, 31st January 1887. Cardiff : James Wood and Son's Steam Printing and Lithographic Works, 1887.

Reed, Clive. TARENI COLLIERY: The Mine, the Miners and their Communities - a History of a Mining Enterprise in the Swansea Valley. Published 2016. Tareni Colliery was a deep mine working anthracite from 1902 to 1949, opened by the South Wales Primrose Coal Company which had been operating in various forms around Pontardawe from mid-19th century. Tareni was in the parish of Cilybebyll but very many of the miners came from Godre'r Graig on the other side of the valley in Llangiwg parish.The book has a number of illustrations and includes information gathered from interviews with Tareni miners and mining families.

Hawthorne, Susan M. 'Island Farm' [Prisoner of war camp 198, Bridgend]. In Vance, Jonathan F. (ed.), Encyclopedia of prisoners of war and internment(Santa Barbara (CA), Denver (CO) and London

Hill, Emma. Francis Frith's Bridgend. Frith Book Company, 2002

James, James Henry, of the Middle Temple. An inquiry into the necrology, history, heraldry, and epitaphian inscriptions of the parishes of Coity, Laleston, Merthyr Mawr, Newcastle, Oldcastle, and St. Bride Minor, in the county of Glamorgan. To which are added The vital statistics of the peers of Parliament of the United Kingdom. With "Coity castle": a poem. London, E. Lacey; [etc., etc.] 1860.

A catalogue, of the houshold furniture, &c. of John Edmondes, Esq. deceased : which will be sold by auction (at his late dwelling-house at Cowbridge) by Mr. John Cole, on Wednesday the 3d of June and the following day ... . Cowbridge : Printed by R. Thomas, 1778.

Cowbridge and district remembered, 1900-1950 : memories of life in Abereithin, Cowbridge, Llanblethian, Llysworney, Maendy, Trerhyngyll and Ystradowen in the early years of the twentieth century. Cowbridge: Cowbridge Record Society, 2002.

Cowbridge and District Local History Society newsletter. Cowbridge : Cowbridge and District Local History Society, 1977-94. No.1 (Nov.1977)-[no.14] Dec.1981; n.17 (Dec.1982)-n.33 (Apr.1994).

Cowbridge and District Remembered 1900-1950. Cowbridge Record Series, 2003.

Cowbridge : buildings and people : a selection of the buildings of Cowbridge and the people who have lived in them. Cowbridge : Cowbridge Record Society, 1999.

Rees, William. Caerphilly Castle and its place in the annals of Glamorgan. Caerphilly : D. Brown and Sons Ltd, 1974.

Rees, William (ed.). 'Records of the lordship of Senghenydd with the castle of Caerphilly (from the time of Edward I to Henry VIII) : The Lordship of Senghenydd with Caerphilly'. Publications, South Wales & Monmouth Record Society, 4 (1957)

Requiem for Will - a Senghenydd residents war diary for WW1 which includes some wonderful letters written about the Pit disaster

Sellwood, Dennis G. The friendly invasion : the American soldiers who passed through Caerphilly in 1943-44 on their way to Europe as remembered by themselves and the townspeople. Caerphilly : Caerphilly Local History Society, 2002.

Senghenydd Book of Rememberance. Lists all the miners killed in the pit explosions of 1901 and 1913 with their addresses. [Abertridwr] : Aber Valley Community Council, 1993.